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| INTRODUCTION |
| Today, we’ll cover getting via the table. |
| GRAMMAR POINT |
| First, you may have to get a hold of the staff. You can accomplish this by rising your hand and saying por favor, which means “please.” |
| Por favor. |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: Por favor. |
| Now, let’s hear it once again, Por favor. |
| This will get the waiter or waitress to your table. Once the waiter comes to your table, you can go with the standard point and “This please.” |
| In Spanish, “this please” is Esto por favor. |
| Esto por favor. |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: Es-to por fa-vor. |
| And now, let’s hear it once again, Esto por favor.. |
| The first word, esto, means “this.” |
| Let’s break down this word and hear it one more time: es-to. |
| And esto. |
| This is followed by por favor, which in Spanish is “please.” |
| por favor |
| And por favor. |
| Now, if you’re feeling adventurous, you could go for, “What do you recommend? |
| In Spanish, “What do you recommend?” is ¿Qué me recomienda? |
| ¿Qué me recomienda? |
| Let’s break it by syllable: ¿Qué me re-co-mien-da? |
| Now, let’s hear it once again, ¿Qué me recomienda? |
| The first word, qué, means “what.” |
| qué |
| This is followed by me, which in Spanish is “me / to me.” |
| me |
| Finally, we have recomienda, which means “you recommend.” |
| recomienda |
| Let’s break down this word and hear it one more time: re-co-mien-da. |
| And recomienda. |
| It’s worth taking a closer look at this sentence. First, notice that this is a respectful phrase, as we are using the conjugated form of usted recomienda. So, you will use this phrase in a formal establishment or a situation. However, if you are in a casual restaurant and feel you can use more formal expressions, you can use the conjugated form tu recomiendas. Notice the final -s- added. |
| Another point to notice is that by using me, you’re asking for a recommendation for yourself, since me means “me / to me.” If you want to ask for a recommendation for your party, you should use the plural and substitute nos for me. Nos means “us / to us.” So, supposed you are in a casual restaurant talking to a young waiter and want to ask for a recommendation for all the people in your party, you would use the phrase, ¿Qué nos recomiendas? |
| ¿Qué nos recomiendas? |
Outro |
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| Okay, to close out today’s lesson, we'd like you to practice what you've just learned. I'll provide you with the English equivalent of the phrase and you're responsible for saying it aloud. You’ll have a few seconds before I give you the answer, so buena suerte, that means “good luck” in Spanish. Ok, here we go! |
| “Please” - Por favor. |
| Por favor. |
| Por favor. |
| “This please.” - Esto por favor. |
| Esto por favor. |
| Esto por favor. |
| (polite) “What do you recommend me?” - ¿Qué me recomienda? |
| ¿Qué me recomienda? |
| ¿Qué me recomienda? |
| (casual) “What do you recommend us?” - ¿Qué nos recomiendas? |
| ¿Qué nos recomiendas? |
| ¿Qué nos recomiendas? |
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